Citation

Adem C, Lafitte F, Jarquin S, Guillem P, Chiras J. J. Radiol. 1999; 80(8): 863-865.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10470617

Abstract

The postnatal development of the central skull base is a complex process: at least 25 separate ossification centers are assimilated in the maturing sphenoid and occipital bones. Some synchondroses may only be partially fused and persist during adulthood. We report the case of a 30-year-old man with a penetrating trauma of the central skull base. Skull computed tomography demonstrated a rare anatomic variant: incomplete fusion of the spheno-occipital synchondrosis. Knowledge of the normal skull base development and of its variants may prove helpful in differentiating a post-traumatic injury from a normal variant.

Language: fr

Keywords

Adult; Cartilage; Humans; Male; Occipital Bone; Pneumocephalus; Skull Base; Sphenoid Bone; Suicide, Attempted; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Wounds, Stab